From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 15 13:11:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6B0D16A41F for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:11:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B69D43D49 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:11:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5FDBln4055684; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:11:47 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id j5FDBlHs055681; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:11:47 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:11:47 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Naomi Fernandez In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050615070126.G55661@wonkity.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:11:47 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie - Configuration File Location? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:11:52 -0000 On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Naomi Fernandez wrote: > I am trying to access either my xorg.conf or XF86Config file for > some general tweaking, e.g., adding to the fontpath, configuring for a wheel > mouse, etc. The problem is that I cannot find either file. According to > the FreeBSD Handbook, they should be in either /etc/X11 or /etc. I have > both folders but the file is in neither. As a matter of fact, my /etc/X11 > folder is empty. Xorg looks in several locations, but /etc/X11 is the older setup. New is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf. If you are still using XFree86 instead of Xorg, your XF86Config file should be in the same directory. > As root, I ran find / -name xorg.conf and nothing was found. That's odd. Xorg is pretty good about autoconfiguring, but I didn't think it would run without any xorg.conf at all. If you don't have the file, it can be created: Xorg -configure That creates xorg.conf.new in your current directory. Edit as required and move to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA